Top Nature Screen Savers

1. A Tropical Paradise Screen Saver: Everyone needs a break from a hectic schedule. What better way to turn off your mind than to relax to this tropical screen saver? It includes images of warm beaches, lush palm trees, painted sunsets, and pristine bays. Included are 27 tropical images, a mutable MIDI sound track, and a password-protection feature. After a few minutes, you'll be feeling the sand in your toes.

2. Undersea Life Screen Saver: Explore the biological beauty of the sea without getting wet. This screen saver shows images of exotic and brilliant aquatic life. See fish, eels, lobsters, coral, crabs, starfish, and other amazing sea creatures. There are 39 images; the evaluation version shows all of the images that are available in the full, registered version. This program comes with a free Screen Saver Control that resides in the Windows system tray. This control makes it easy for you to change the default screen saver, launch any screen saver installed on your computer, randomly launch a new screen saver when Windows restarts, and temporarily disable your screen saver.

3. Nature's Petals Screen Saver: Looking for some relief from the monotony of your office? Let springtime images and the sounds of pianos and violins change your work area into an oasis of serenity. This screen saver highlights 37 close-up photographs of colorful flowers and will have you wondering what you're doing in front of the computer. The included screen-saver engine features transition effects and options for setting the delay between image changes, and it can be used with all of your current screen savers.

4. Marine Aquarium Screen Saver: To raise saltwater fish in an aquarium, you need expensive foods and chemicals, lots of filtering equipment, and an eye for noticing when your fish are getting sick. Save yourself some time and trouble with a screen saver that features realistic fish and marine life. You can have up to 16 fish, including Royal Grammas, Flame Angelfish, Picasso Triggers, even octopi. Blissfully watch as they swim through the colorful coral background. This demo supplies you with only one fish, though a password is available that allows you to temporarily register. The fee for the permanent registration is $20. Change your settings to 16-bit color if the fish move too slow.

5. Butterflies of the World Screen Saver: Enjoy the incredible beauty and color of butterflies right at your desk. While you're sitting in a chrysalis of inactivity, these two screen savers will take you on a global tour of some of the most beautiful butterflies, such as the Giant Swallowtail, the Blue and White Longwing, and the White Peacock. Each screen saver features 31 colorful images.

6. Ansel Adams Photographs Screen Saver: View the beauty of America's national parks as seen through the lens of the great landscape photographer Ansel Adams, who is world-renowned for the simple, intense beauty of his black-and-white photos. See a full moon over Half Dome, or a mirror-smooth lake with mountains in the background. This download has 20 images; the full version contains 47 images.

7. Living Waterfalls Screen Saver: Soothe your frazzled nerves with this animated screen saver of a waterfall. This free program shows water rushing over and bubbling at the bottom. Fish swim while parrots and flamingos fly past, and ripples of water undulate with the flow of the stream. Included are nature sounds (not that realistic but still soothing) and music. This free version includes one scene with many animations; a full version that includes two additional scenes costs $14.95.